267 RECORDS OF THE SUDBURY ARCHDEACONRY. BY VINCENT B. REDSTONE, H. TERRIERSAND SURVEYS. Constitutions and Canon,Ecclesiastical, issued in 1604, contain an injunction (No. 87), " that a T HEtrue note and terrier of all the glebe lands, &c., . and portions of tithes lying out of their parishes—which belong to any Parsonage, Vicarage, or rural Prebend. be taken by the view of honest men in every parish, by the appointnient of the Bishop—whereof the minister be one—and be laid up in the Bishop's Registry, there to be for a perpetual memory thereof." This injunction does not fix the frequency with which the terriers were to be procured by the Bishop, and, consequently, existing docu- ments of that• character are not to be found for any definite years or periods. It is evident by the existence of early terriers in .the keeping -of the Registrar for the Archdeacon of Sudbury, that such returns were made by churchwardens along .with their presentments• before the year 1604. The terriers at Bury St. Edmund's commence as early as 1576, whilst those in the Bishop's Registry at Norwich, date from 1627.. It is unknown from what circumstances the Archdeacons' Registrars became i)ossessed Of documents which the above mentioned canon dis- tinctly enjoins should be laid up in the Bishop's Registry. In the Exchequer 'there is a terrier of all the glebe lands in England, made about the eleventh year of the reign'of Edward iii. The taxes levied upon the temporal . v VOL. xi. PART 3. 268 RECORDS OF THE possessionSof the Church in every parish throughout the Diocese (see Hail ms. 1005, fo. 29, et seq.) during the episcopacy of Walter, Bishop of Norwich, 1245-1257, could have been adjusted only upon the existence of a roll or survey of the lands belonging to all ecclesiastical bodies and foundations. All the religious houses possessed surveys and rentals of their estates. The completeness with which these surveys were made and carried out, may be seen by the minute details entered in those which now fortunately remain. The registers once belonging to Bury Abbey are well known. Among the other pre-Reformation ." extents" and surveys which refer to lands. in Suffolk, the most 'interesting are those referring to Hadleigh and Monks' Eleigh, manors of Christ Church, Canterbury (Harl. 1006), to Hinderclay and Rickinghall (Add. ms. 31,970), to Bawdsey—a manor of Butley Priory— this survey. was made by Walter Fulbourne, c. 1470, and to the manors of Ely in 1277 (Claudius cxi.). As the latter extent throws great light upon the subdivision of lands and. the nomenclature Of fields, I purpose to give various extracts which will give assistance in the explana- tion of terms used in the accompanying Calendar of the terriers which may be consulted upon reference to the Records of the Sudbury Archdeaconry. 0)0. Bly Lands, 1277 (Ms. Brit. Mus., Claudius cxi:, fol. 27Cib,et seq.) Rattlesden. An inquisition made by Adam the Chaplin, Robert son of Philip, Richard son of Hubert, William Cobbe,* William the Forester, Nicholas the Steward, Adam son of Henry, Anselm son of Nicholas, Richard the Rowe (?Reve), Adam Aluerich, Ralph Cobb, and Hervey the Steward., This manor is in the county of Suffolk, in the Hundred of Thed- wastre, which is of the liberty of St. Edmund, in which Hundred, Robert son of Roger and his heirs owe suit of court of the Hundred, in the Hundred for the manor. This manor has liberty in itself by the King's writ. The advowson and the gift of the Church belongs to the Bishop of Ely, and is in the Diocese of Norwich, and in the Arch- deaconry of Sudbury, and in the Deanery of Thedwastre, except two parts of all the tithes of the lord's land which the pittancer of St. Edmund holds of the Lord Bishop in alms. *Murdered Iv his wife and her paramour. SUDBTJRY ARCHDEACONRY. 269 Demesne lands. A. R. P. A. R. P. Bramleye Field ••• 14 2 20 Shukkethorneslede ... 41 0 20 Milnecroft ••• 11 2 0 Field near the Hall ... 7 2 0 Aldeber ... ... 16 0 0 Banton Field ... 5 0 0 Baronesfield ••• 27 1 0 Alongside Le Leh ... 5 1 20 Patesik ... ... 9 0. 0 Field towards Clopton 23 0 0 Stoniland ... ... 3 3 0 Edeldedune ... 23 0 0 Ancelotes field ••• 42 3 0 Fields about Kenes- stoneshey ... 52 0 0 Sum tOtal of land for tillage 251 3. 20 Measured by the lesser numbering, and by the perch of eighteen feet and a half, it can be tilled by two ploughs to each of which are four oxen and four stottes,* according to the custom of the town. Further, one horse for carting and harrowing. It is valued for whatso- ever acre there is in extent, eight pence. Total value nine pounds seven shillings and seven pence (1eleven pence). Meadow Land, by the aforesaid perch. A. R. P. In Arewellemede (value of each acre, 2s. 6d.) 12 0 0 Pasture Land, value of each acre, ls. 4d. A: R. P. In Langebeock 17 2 0 Towards Tunggnichwalle and 14 0 0 Towards Areswalle In Holedich, value at.12d. 2 2 0 In Kenestonesweye 1 2 0 Sum Total 25 2 0 • Wood, at 3d. an acre. A. It. P. A great wood called Mikelwode 78 0 0 A wOodcalled Le Ho 14 0 0 A "Grave " called Kenestonebeg 4 2 0 Another "Grave" called Leh 3 2 0 Sum total of woods and " Graves" 100 0 0 A windmill, value twenty-six shillings. John the Chaplain, Ralph Wlnoth, and Nicholas Holiday, hold a virgate of land.whieli contains twenty acres. *Query, a gelded bull (Levin's Man. Vocab.—Stot, a bullock ; Way's Prompt. Pary.—Stot. Hors.. Caballus)., 2:70 RECORDS OF THE Hitcham, in Cosford Hundred (fo. 283b). A. R. P. A. R. P. In Gospadel ... 70 0 0 In Caldhall Field 170 0 0 In Hacstonesdone Field 42 1 0 In Belhus Field 57 0 0 ` In Purtepool ... 63 0 0 In Hornecrok ... 66 0 0, In Purtepool (Ralph In Estfield 50 0 0 , Chuney) ... 22 0 0 In Partepool by the mill 20 0 0 Sum total of land for tillage 560 0 1, Measured by the lesser numbering, and by the perch of sixteen d' and a half feet, which may be tilled by three ploughs, to each of which are four oxen and four stottes, according to the custom of the town. Besides there are two horses for carting and harrowing. Meadows. Purtepool, Chapel med we, Brademed we, Wecheshath- medewe Mor, containing in all fourteen acres. • Pastures. In the aforesaid meadows, together with Hinchenes-, medewe and Morweye, which begin at Chaldhalewey and extends-' towards Qualmstowe, twenty-eight acres, valued at one shilling an acre.' A. R. P. Wood. Westhey, valued at 20. per acre 160 0 0 80 0 0 Esthey 11 !I 3 d• 11 Oxenhey „ „ 3d. 40 0 0 Grave called Caldhalle, 2i-d. per acre 6 0 0 286 0 0 Barking in Hundred of Bqsmere (fo. 292). Advowson and gift of church,. together with the chapel of Ver- mundesdon and the chapel of Needham, belong to the Bishop of Ely. A. R. P. A. R. P. ' In Rokeshey ... 22 0 0 In T wo okes 11 0 0 — Andelbertescroft 8 0 0 — Wytheland. 12 0 0 — Sydbrok ... 23 0 0 — Kadokesfed ... 15 0 0 — Tunmanesland ... 10 0 0 -- WyntOn. — 2 0 — Barkesfield and — Therspit ... 120 0 0 Breche. 51 0 0 Near Tykele ... 30 0 0 — Walecroft 54 0 0. -- Oxelond 45 0 0 409 2 0 • Measured by the lesser numbering and by the perch of sixteen and a half feet. Valued at seven pence per acre. It can be tilled by three ploughs, to each of which are four ()ken and four stottes. Further there are two horses for carting and for harrowing. SUDBURY ARCHDEACONRY. 271 A. R. P. A. R. P. Meadows. Bradmed ... 9 0 0 Kenelbodesmed 3 0 0 Boseburg ... 6 0 0 18 0 0 Value per acre, two shillings and sixpence. A. IL P. Pasture. In Bromhil and mersh ... 10 0 0 — Sybrooke ... 6 0 0 16 0 0 Value per acre, one shilling. There is a certain way called Hallestrete, which is the lord's pasture, it begins at the "abel juxta Esthach" and extends as far as the pasture of Geoffrey Hucus for two quarentenes and is valued per annum, twelve pence. There is a common pasture known as Berkingtye, ninety acres, on which the whole town in common with the Lord Bishop may feed their cattle. There is also a small " park" with a lawn nine acres, valued four shillings, in which cattle may not feed. A. R. P. Woods. Grave called Tykele ... 5 0 0 Prestele 30 0 0 Value at 16s. A Great Wethershey 7 2 0 Wood called Wynaey 180 0 0 Valued at £4 10 0 222 2 0 There belongS to the manor a certain market called Needham, which is let to farm for five marks less one-tenth. There is a water-mill let to farm with the fishery of the same pool for six marks less one-tenth. The fishery of the said pool belongs to the lord and begins above the head of Keneboldesmedwe and extends as far as the wheel of the mill. .•There is also a certain mara which is called Bosmere, and the whole fishery belongs to the Lord Bishop of Ely. The stock consists of eight cows and a free bull, thirty pigs and one boar, one hundred and sixty sheep.